Egg-cup.



A. G. WETTERGREN & T. FURERL EGG CUP.

APPLIUATION FILED DEC. 15, 1900.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

Wifiesses 101E NOBRI 0., \nsnmcruu o c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADDICK G. WETTERGREN AND THOMAS FURER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that we, ADDIOK G. WVETTER- GREN and THOMAS FURER, citizensof the United States of America, residing at New York city, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Egg-Cups, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanymg drawing.

This invention relates to a novel and ingenious egg cup.

The object is to provide a receptacle for eggs and of like articleswherein they may be kept hot, and the construction of which articleswill provide for a separable part containing the egg which can readilybe removed from the stand for washing and other purposes.

The invention consists essentially in a cup stand having a hot waterrecess and a separable cup of glass, or similar material, which issupported in said stand, and is provided with suitable means forpreventing displacement while in use; and the invention also consists innumerous details and peculiarities in the construction, combination andarrangement of parts substantially as will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is a sectional sideelevation.

1 denotes the stand which may vary widely in its exact contour and form.It preferably carries at its upper end integral therewith asemi-globular receptacle 6 which is adapted to receive the cup proper 3.In the stand 1 is a recess 2 for containing hot water. The lower part ofthe removable cup 3 rests above the receptacle 2, and if the latter isfilled with hot water, or other steaming liquid, the result will be thatthe heat will be conveyed to the glass cup 3 and to the contents of thelatter, thereby keeping said contents warm for such time as may benecessary before and during the meal., The size of the recess 2 may varywithin wide limits, and the precise nature of its contents may also varywidely, the only object being to furnish some means for keeping the cup3 warm, or for other purposes.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 23, 1910, Applicationfiled December 15, 1909.

Serial No. 533,215.

Cup 3 is of semi-globular form preferably. The usual material is glass,this being generally considered the most suitable. We are not to berestricted, however, to any particular material or form. On the outersurface of the cup 3, at two or more diametrically opposite points, areformed recesses 4 which are engaged by ribs 5 formed or provided on theinner surface of the receptacle 6. The grooves 4- and the ribs 5 maypartake of any desired form, and may be deep or shallow as preferred. Itwill be understood that the grooves 4 can readily be formed in the cup 3when the latter is made of glass by employing a suitable mold havingmeans for shaping said grooves. The object of the tongue and grooveconnection at 4 and 5 is to enable the cup 3 to be supported in the topof the stand in such a manner that it will not readily be displaced, forwith such a connection it will not be apt to become dislocated byshifting in a horizontal plane, or by moving on its spherical outersurface within the cup 6.

A novel device of the kind we have just set forth will be found veryserviceable and useful in holding eggs and other like articles beforeand during a meal.

' The exact shape of the parts and the way in which they are placedrelatively to each other may vary within wide limits, and we reserve theright to change the construction and form within the scope of theclaims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In an egg-cup, the combination with a stand having a semi globularreceptacle formed with a hot water recess therein, of a separablesemi-globular cup seated within the receptacle and in contact with theinternal contour of the same and over and above the recess, saidseparable cup being adapted to contain egg or other food.

2. The combination with a stand having a hot water recess, and a curvedreceptacle around said recess, of a separable cup in the receptacle andhaving a groove engaged by a tongue on the inner surface of saidreceptacle.

3. The combination With a stand having In testimony whereof We afilx oursignaa recess therein for containing hot Water, tures in presence of twoWitnesses. and having also a curved receptacle, of a ADDICK G.WETTERGREN. removable cup adapted to be supported in THOMAS FURER. saidreceptacle, and means between the cup \Vitnesses: and the receptacle forpreventing displace- JEANNETTE S'roRK,

mentof the cup. C. B. SOHROEDER.

